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No. 407,142. Patented July 16,1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTIAN XVOBITO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JULIUSKAMSLER, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,142, dated July 16,1889.

Application filed April 12, 1889. Serial No. 306,993. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN WoBITo, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Toy, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a toy to act on the principle of thereturn-ball; and it consists in providing the body of a toy (which bypreference is in the form of a bird, but may be in any desired form)with wings, which are 0perated in the flight of the toy by the elasticcord by which it is returned to the thrower.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a view of my improved toy as applied to use; and Fig. 2 is aplan view of the same, partly broken away and in section.

A represents the body of the toy, by preference in the form of a birdand made of metal, soft or hard rubber, celluloid, paper, or othersuitable material. The body is hollow, and to each side is attached by ahinge a a wing B, constructed to fit and to be normally held flatagainst the sides of the body, as shown in Fig. 2. The wings are held inthis closed position by an elastic cord or spring I) and the rods 0 c,which connect the said cord or spring to the inner surfaces of the wingsB, a slot (l being formed in each side of the body for the said rods topass through to connect and operate the wings.

C is the return-cord of elastic rubber attached at one end to a ring 6to fit upon the childs finger. The other end of this cord passes througha small orifice f in thebodyA and reaches back to the juncture of therods 0 c and cord or spring 1), whereit is connected, preferably, to thering f, as shown in Fig. 2.

The spring Z) and cord 0 are of equal tension, and when there is nostrain on the cord 0 the spring Z) draws back the rods 0 c to theposition shown in full lines in Fig. 2 and closes the wings B. When thetoy is cast away and drawn back by the cord 0, the strainon the saidcord draws the rods 0 0 forward, stretching the spring I) to theposition shown in Fig. 2, thus opening the wings. Then the springbovercomes the strain on the cord 0,

the wings are closed again, so that when the toy is caught in the handthe wings are closed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. As a new article of manufacture, a toy comprising a main body,wingshinged thereto, a spring for holding the wings normally closed, areturn-cord, and links connecting the spring and return-cord to thewings, substantially as described.

2. The body A, having openings (1 f, in combination with the hingedwings ll, rods 0, connected thereto, spring I), and return-cord O, allarranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

CHRISTIAN 'WOBITO.

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